The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-08-10
A County Of Railroads.
A clanco at Laurens from a Railroad
Standpoint.

- Hp'Ni"i 10 bho NeWS ~ Courier from
TINS place. dated August Bird, says;
Not only has IIaurenS "callod n haltn
iii tho matter ofinwles ness, and formed
u SOLEMN determination to m~akoamends
FOR whatever has been amiss i'm tho adj
ministration of Justice through our
courts crotOiorc, hut we are still reach
ing out for material advancmont and in
creased railroad facilities. Already uur
connections are such ms give us great
advantage over most of tho tow ms In ills
section, and two lines Of railroads are
being con ;tructod through this county
~ fast as corps OF skilled engineers and
and d fun force of hands can move no
dirt. The Atlantic, Grecnvillc and Yves
torn, owned by Susong 81 Co., passos
through II of tho most densolv popula-
ted ana fertile sections OF this Piedmont
region. The work of grading this limo
10 GrecnYillc was completed last week,
II tho projectors havo i'm tho past few
days been greatly encouraged by n Ito
oral subbiption from Knoxville, Tenn.
n G%recnvillo, S. C. andthe Indications
point strongly to the Immediate exton-
sion otthc line TO Knoxville. This road
not only opens mp a section of county
notVd for is beauty and fertility, the
progressive spirit Of the people, but it
also taps several ofthc finest water pow
ors in tho South. Tho Gaines property
has already boon purchased by y icsm-
pany Who will utilise tho vast ]sourc
OF tho native forests, in which that soc
tlon abounds, by establishing Il factory
to manntncturc spokcs, handles, hubs,
n thc like. No citations are also in
progress for Othor valuable water pow
ers to be developed by this railroad.
Then, again, we have tho Georgia, Car
DINA ana Northern railway from Mon
roc, y. G., via Chester, Clinton. in this
county, Greenwood and Ahbcvillc on to
Athens, Ga. This, il is evident, will DO
Il valuable road, and will open mp a
large scope of cotton country in this
county hat is now almost inaccessible.
The whole limo has boon located, aud is
aS "straiGht ~ tho caglo flies" \ great
portion ofthc road is graded and con-
tracts havo been let for tho remainder.
Thus ii will hc soon, with those roads
in sight and tho Greenwood, laur,ns
and S~rnrtaWhurg, The Grccnvillr and
Laurcns, II LaurcuS and N"whcr-
ny already in operation, ono would sup
pose lnnrVnS county would be satisfied.
But not so. 4 meeting was held this ar
t"rnoon in the in The interest of tho
Roanoke Southern Road, centralized by
tho Baltimore and Ohio, and which will
probably touch Charlotte and Laurcns
in seeking 4 direct line TO Atlanta. A
strong delegation conSiStinr or Col. Jno.
w. Ferguson, DR. John A Rarksdalc, II
Y simpson, w I. Gray, and Col II G.
Watts, will bo sen. ny the town to look
after tho interest OF this place in the
meeting 10 I've held in Charlotte, y G, OH
August Il. They have the assuruncot that
this county wilt grade tho road through
her territory, MS n large private subs.rip-
ton will hc given as soon as tho limo Is
located. We havc in addition, n strong
hope OF aiH from the Georgia Central
which will be greatly benefited by the
road coming horc.
This !s,a grand ,hcmc for ~Lnl~cnsanh
II She can i'll afford to lose. Our PEG
plo I-r in earnest in tho matter OF rail-
roads, and will do much towards s"cur-
ing Tins n thoy have fnY othors IN tn"
past.
Within tho next two DAYS the ncr"s-
sarY papers conveying tho Mountain
Shoals property on EuOrco river to n
Northorn company,wiil be drawn, and
then tho work OF building tho first cot
ton factory in this county will common
CO. ThiSis nm event of no small import
10 l.aurcns county. A beginning made
and it follows thattho vast ~cSourccR Of
our county Will rot long remain ncgl1c
ted. We have good water on all
orr streams, and tho greatest cnc0ur-
ngcmont IS, that tho owners do not hold
them beyond tic reach Of small compa-
MES. They arc being houghtu mp rapidly
and by Snci mon ms seldom fail in any
enterprise they attempt.
While tn" county at ln"gn is thus 60
ing forward wi,hr rapid strides "inurrns
onthc Hills" is by no means sleeping
over II advantage she has gained. New
citizens ar" moving in who READILY find
employment, and houses arc bciny built
or old ones r~emodollci on almost very
street.